Katherine Lanpher

When it comes to Super Bowl Sunday, who turned out the best commercial is almost as newsworthy as who won the game. This year companies forked out a record $200 million for a sli...

This month Iran is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. The revolution signified a profound paradigm shift: transitioning its monarchy to an Islamic Republic. T...

California is hurting. Its budget deficit is larger than total expenditures in most states, it's got high unemployment, and the most foreclosures of any state. Stimulus money — an est...

The boss's salary has always been fodder for gossip around the water cooler. And knowing what you’re worth and how much others are paid can be key to negotiating your own pay. In the ...

The country's economic situation has been pretty well reported. In such bleak times, with unemployment numbers reaching record highs in many states, you would expect to see an increas...

In 2005, Iraqis went to the polls to elect leadership, but the Sunni population refused to participate. Last weekend Iraqis went to the polls again and everyone turned out. Anthony Sh...

We continue our discussion on the future of energy with blogger Garry Golden. Listen to more from Garry Golden in The Takeaway's Power Trip series: With energy, where do we go fr...

It seems like there are two kinds of people: the ones who agonize over every decision and the ones who go with their gut. There’s the guy on line at the coffee house who takes ten min...

This week the stimulus bill will make its way through the Senate, former Maryland lieutenant governor Michael Steele will take over as the first African-American leader of the Republi...

President Obama gave his first televised interview last night, but his audience was far from home. Instead, Obama chose to speak to the residents of the Middle East via the Dubai-base...

It's been less than a week and President Obama has already reversed several Bush Administration policies. Monday it was the environment's turn. The President called for the EPA to con...

One of President Obama's first acts in office was to begin the process of closing the United States military prison at Guantanamo Bay and work to either release or bring to trial the ...

Last night, the Senate voted to delay the nationwide transition from analog to digital television, opting to push it back from February 17th until June 12th. But reporter Tekla Perry ...

The President will meet with Republican House and Senate members today in the hopes of selling them on his stimulus package. GOP party leaders have so far been unswayed. One of the la...

In the latest indication of plummeting corporate confidence, companies in almost every industry from construction to pharmaceuticals have announced massive job cuts worldwide. The Tak...

The world's first permanent war crimes court heard their first opening arguments yesterday. The accused is Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga who pleaded not guilty to war crimes for hi...

The 1980s were an era of heavy rock and hard drugs. The drug of choice? Cocaine. At the time, public health experts predicted a coming generation of "crack babies" — a wave of childre...

While politicians on Capitol Hill debate how far the government should go in bailing out America's banking system, some economists are taking another look at how Sweden dealt with a s...

How much good will President Obama’s stimulus plan do for the states that are hurting the most? An analysis by the investigative journalists at ProPublica has found that much of the t...

Today marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year and according to the lunar calendar it’s the Year of the Ox. In Chinese astrology, the ox represents perseverance, patience, balance ...